Device for automatically elevating the assemblers of typographical machines



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MTED STATES PATENT WALTER GOURTLAND LOONEY, OF DANVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Application filed July 13, 1921. Serial No. 48 1, 189.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVALTER CoUR'rLAND LooNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Boyle and State of Kentucky have invented a new and useful Device for Automatically Elevating the Assemblers of Typographical Machlnes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device adapted to, automatically elevate the assembler of a linotype or similar typesetting machine adistance of about 4:} inches and bring it back to first position instead of manipulating the assembler by the customary crank at the right hand. corner of the keyboard. It is also my object to provide the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention with the linotype machine shown in diagram;

Fig, 2 is a front view of the attachment, in normal position; v

Fig. 3 is a vertical section with the clutch engaged; I

Fig, 1. is a view showing the device as it descends, with roller 4 riding on the face of small cam 45 and the right and left-hand latches almost in the act of recatching;

Fig. 5 is a top plan of the machine;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section, partly in elevation, and with a dotted line view showing the operation of the lifting arms and the cam action; 7

Fig. 7 is a vertical section looking in the opposite direction from the view shown in Fig. 6; I

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on line 8-8 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail of members 31, 24., and 3a I Like numerals designate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide a base board. 1 on which is mounted, asuitable frame 7 in which is ournaled the shaft 3 which carries the fly-wheel 4 which is spaced from the frame 2 by the spacing sleeve 5. I provide a clutch 6 affixed to the shaft 3 by the set-screw 7 so as to continuously rotate with shaft 3. I further provide a loosely mounted clutch 8 slidably mounted on shaft 3 and adapted to mesh with clutch 6. Clutch 8 is provided with the extended sleeve 9 as shown in Fig. 2. A cam 13 is affixed to sleeve 9 by the set-screw 12. I further provide a lifting cam 10 mounted on sleeve 9, and also a latch sleeve 11 mounted on sleeve 9 adjacent cam 13. I further provide a pivoted trigger or latch 14 adapted to releasably engage latch sleeve 11. I provide a suitable rod 15 operatively connected with latch 14 and attached to the counter-weight 16 to which the trip wire 18 is attached, as shown in Figs, 1 and 2, said trip wire in turn being attached to key lever 19, which is pivotally attached to the keyboard frame by pivot 20. Key lever 19 is provided with a suitable key 21 positioned at the left of the linotype keyboard K, as shown in Fig. 1. I provide a suitable supporting strap 17 functioning as a guide member for the vertically disposed latch lock 15.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3 I provide suitable springs 22 positioned to bear against latch sleeve 11. Cam 10 is provided with an extension or arm 23, as shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 6, said arm being pivotally attached to the lower end ofthe lower half of the connecting rod 2 1, the'upper half 30 of which is bolted to rod 37 of the assembler.

Member 30 is provided with an extension 31 which is slidably mounted in the socket 32 in the upper end of member'2 1, and which is in contact with the coiled spring 33 positioned in socket 32, as shown in Fig. 9.

Referring to Fig. 1, I provide a strap 25 attached to connecting rod 24 near the upper end. I further provide a suitable spring 27 having a hook 26 by which it is attached to strap 25, and having a hook 28 by which it is attached to a suitable hook or screw standard 29 secured to the baseboard 1. I pro vide a retaining hook 35 engaging eye 36 in strap 25, said hook 35 being in turn attached to a strap 34: secured to the lower end of the upper half 30 of the connecting rod. The assembler 38 which is operated by the connecting rod is indicated diagrammatically inFig. 1. p

I provide a chain 39 which is secured to the lower end of cam arm 23, as shown in Fig. 6 and whichis run over a suitable pulley 4:0 secured to the base-board 1. The end of chain 39 is attached to a spring 11, which in turn is attached to the free end of weighted lever 42, which carries a weight 46 at its other end. lVeighted lever 42 is aflixed to member 44 which also carries the roller 44, which contacts with cam 45, as shown in Fig. 4.

I provide a suitable indenture 62 on the face 59 of cam 10, as shown in Fig. 8 in contact with the upright rod 55 at the appropriate time to cause the clutches 6 and 8 to disconnect. The upright rod 55 is reinforced by suitable braces 58, as shown in. Fig. 2, and 57 and 56, as shown in 5.

I provide a shaft 48 mounted in frame .2 and aiiixed to or mounted on hub portion 44 of weighted rod 42. I also provide a latch sleeve on shaft 43, said sleeve having an annular latch portion 61, releasably engageable with the latch 49, which is mounted on pivot 54 as shown in 2. I provide a suitable guide 53 mounted on; the frame of the machine and functioning as a vertical guide for latch 49.

Referring to F 7, I provide a suitable projection 47 aflixed to the clutch 8 and adapted to contact with the cam arm 48 on latch 49. I provide a cam arm 48, to which is attached weight 50. Cam 10 is provided with the cam face 59, as shown. I provide a suitable stop 60, attached to base-board 1, against which the lower half 24 of the connecting rod rests when in its lowest and non-operating position. I j

The normal nonoperating position of the device is shown in Figs. 1 and 6. When the key 21 is pressed it operates key lever 19 and raises wire 18 and counterweight 16. As counterweight 16 is operatively connected to latch 14 by rod 15, the raising of the counterweight releases the latch 14 from its operative engagement with latch sleeve 11, thereby allowing the springs 22 to press latch sleeve 11 against cam 13 which is at fixed to sleeve extension 9 of clutch mem her 8, thereby sliding the clutch into mesh with the corresponding clutch 6. The clutch 6 being keyed to shaft 8 is constantly in motion, whereas clutch 8 is normally at rest. The engagement of these clutches causes the rotation of cam 10 which is actuated by the small cam 13 which latter cam is secured to. the sleeve extension 9 of clutch 8 by set screw 12, and rotates with said clutch. The arm 23 which is an extension of cam 10 is thus raised on the engagement of the clutches S and 6, thus raising the connecting rod sections 24 and 30, and the member 37 which operatively connects the connecting rod with the assembler 38, as shown in 1, and raises the later automatically in the manner above described.

When the device is in non-rotating position both latch 14 and latch 49 are engaged with the respective latch sleeves 11 and 52. When the arm 23 and. the connecting'rod members 24 and 30 are at their highest point neither latch 14 nor latch 49 is engaged with the respective latch sleeves. The projection 47 on the right hand clutch (see Figs. 2 and '7) comes into contact with the arm 48 on the left hand latch 49 just before the main arm 23 of cam 10 reaches its highest point, which contact releases the left hand latch 49, allowing the spring 51 to push latch sleeve 52 and roller 44 against the small cam 13, as shown in Fig. 8. lVhen the assembler 38 has been raised to the proper height it descends by its-own weight assisted by the long spring 27 which is suitably secured to the base-board. 1 and to strap 35 attached to connecting rod member 24, as shown in Fig. 1. As roller 44 is in position against cam 13 consequently the roller rides on the of the cam while the cam arm 23 is descending, which action causes both the right and left hand latches to again engage the rSSbective latch sleeve.

The operation of roller 44 is cont-rolled by the weighted lever 42 and by the spring 41 and the catchchain 39 which is mounted on pulley 40 and attached to the lower end of theconnecting rod member 24 at one end, and at the other to the weighted lever 42. Roller 44 travels over the top of ca1n 10 (and cam 13) as the arm 23 is ascending, and is pullel into position by chain 39 so that it will ride on the face of the cam 45 as the arm 23 descends, thereby forcing both latch sleeves back to their original position and allowing the respective latches 14 and 49 to again engage the latch sleeve 11 and respectively. 1

Vfhen the assembler has been raised by the device the upward movement of the arm 23 bringsthe indenture 62 of cam 10 into contact with the perpendicular rod 55, thereupon causing the clutches to disconnect atthe proper time and allow the assembler and the mechanism of the attachment operating the same to return by gravity to its original positiom'assisted by the 517 31119, 27. Both latches 14 and 49 are suilicicntly weighted to prevent them from bouncing out of engagement with the latch sleeve when they fall into place.

I may provide suitable means, such shafts, belts and pulleys, for operatively connecting my attachment with the driving pulley of the linotype or other type-setting machine to which this device may be attached. The device will work satisfactorily on both the linotype and the intertype typesetting machines.

The right to attach a mechanical, device toany part of the assembler of the linotype machine or to the rods connecting the assembler to the crank on the keyboard is hereby included among others in these specifications (provided the means of attachment used satisfactorily furthers said object, of

automatically manipulating the assembler by mechanical means) is contemplated by my invention.

As the operator is not required to take one hand from the keyboard to raise the assembler for every new line of type, an important saving in time is ellected, for the manipulation of a crank requires more time than the touching of the keys required for operating this device. In setting copy that is hard to read the operator is thus enabled to give more time to it, since with this attachment he can set type or manipulate the keys continuously without interruption to raise the assembler for each new line of copy.

The assembler is retained in elevated posi tion until the transfer fingers slide the matrices therefrom by the conventional customarily employed on typographical machines of this type, whether my attachment is on the machine or not. The assembler is held in its elevated position only a fraction of a second as the transfer is made immediately.

What I claim is:

1. In a device for automatically elevating the assembler of a typographical or similar typesetting machine, the combination of a clutch operatively connected with the driving shaft of the linotype machine and con tinuously operated thereby, a second clutch normally disengaged from the first-named clutch, cam. members loosely mounted on a shaft carrying the aforesaid clutches and arranged to throw the clutches out of operative engagement, spring controlled means for forcing the cam members into operative engagement to thereby set the clutches into operation, means operatively connected with one of the cam members and with the as sembler of the linotype machine and operating to raise the assembler when the cam and clutch members are thrown into operation, and key operated means for releasing the above mentioned spring controlled means to throw the clutches into operative engagement.

2. In combination with the apparatus described in claim 1, means for automatically disengaging the clutch members when the assembler has been raised to its highest point by the above described mechanism.

8. In combination with the apparatus described in claim 1, means for automatically disengaging the clutch members when the assembler has been raised to its highest point by the above described mechanism, and spring means for insuring a quick return of the assembler through its lowermost position after being raised by the above described apparatus.

4. In combination with the apparatus described in claim 1, a projection on the loosely mounted clutch, latclrmeans operated by said projection, a spring controlled sleeve relcasably engaged by the aforesaid latch means, and. a roller carried by said sleeve and positioned to contact with one of the cam members to cause the opposed latch member to recatch under predetermined conditions, and a weighted lever operatively connected with said sleeve and with the means for raising the ass mbler, for the pur poses described.

5. In a device for elevating the assembler of a linotype or similar typesetting machine, the combination of assembler elevating means operatively connected with the as scmbler, said means including telescoping rods having a spring interposed between said rods, a cam member having an arm attached to the lower end of said assembler elevating means, shaft having a fly wheel driven from the linotype machine, a clutch aiiixed to said shaft and rotating therewith continuously, a second loosely mounted clutch normally disengaged from the first mentioned clutch, key operated latch means normally holding the loosely mounted clutch in disengaged position, spring means for throwing the clutches into operative engagement when the key is operated and the aforesaid latch disengaged, means operated by the aforesaid cam for disengaging the clutches when the assembler has been raised to its highest position on operation of the key, and means for automatically resetting the apparatus to its normal non-operating position after one operation of the assembler, substantially as and for the purposes described.

6. In a device for automatically raising the assembler of a typographical machine, cam operated weight controlled means for raising said assembler, manually operated means for setting said assembler elevating means into operation, means for throwing said means out 01 operation when the assembler reaches its highest position, and means for automatically resetting all of the aforesaid mechanism to its original position.

WALTER COURTLAND LOONEY. 

